Sorry about the lack of updates to my RSS feed. I've been using my laptop to post stuff to Scripting News and it doesn't have the new code yet, trying to stay out of the office which reeks of smoke. Had to come in here to do a Mail Page. Learning so much good stuff.

Joshua Whalen: "Over the last 10, 20 or however many years you smoked, Nicotine accumulated in your body's fatty tissues. Whenever you come under stress or eat badly, (or worry) your body burns some fatty tissue, and some of the stored Nicotine is released into your bloodstream, and in this way, it is kind of like having a dozen nicotine patches trickling the stuff into you. Definitely do not use the patch if you are already cold turkey. It will only maker this worse. Instead, you want to clean out your fatty tissue."

Andy Edmonds: "The A Day in the Life study is a large scale sample of internet behavior. Data collected will be released under an open data license. The first study will commence in mid July."

Semant-O-Matic may be just the thing. Its author, Maciej Ceglowski, calls it a Blog semantic search engine.

Kelly White sent a link to Douglas Adams' death as reported on Scripting News last year. I wondered too, what happened to Adams. Had he been to the doctor? What condition was his heart in? Did he have pains. He died on an exercise bike.